William Beresford (1743 - bef. 1819)

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Died before 6 Sep 1819 before age 76 in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland

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Rt Rev William Beresford was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

He served as Bishop of Dromore from 1780 to 1782, Bishop of Ossory from 1782 to 1794, and as Archbishop of Tuam from 1794 until his death in 1819.

Lord Decies married on 16 June 1763 Elizabeth FitzGibbon (1732–1807), daughter of John FitzGibbon and wife Isabella Grove. They had eight children, three sons and five daughters:

1. Brig-Gen. Marcus Beresford (1764–1803)
2. Rev. John Beresford, 2nd Baron Decies (1773–1855)
3. Hon. Rev. George Beresford, married Susannah Gorges on 21 May 1798, and had issue, including Marcus Beresford
4. Hon. Rev. William Beresford (20 November 1780 – 27 June 1830), married Lady Anna Bennet, daughter of the 4th Earl of Tankerville, and had issue
5. Hon. Catherine Eleanor Beresford, married Rev. William Armstrong on 11 November 1789
6. Hon. Araminta Anne Beresford (d. 26 September 1816), married the Very Rev. Arthur John Preston on 26 May 1794
7. Hon. Harriet Beresford, married Thomas Henry Bermingham Daly Sewell on 25 January 1796, and had issue
8. Hon. Frances Beresford, married Col. Thomas Burrowes on 14 January 1797
9. Hon. Louisa de la Poer Beresford, married firstly Thomas Hope and was the mother of Henry Thomas Hope and Alexander Beresford Hope, and secondly her cousin William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford.

Sources

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p3264.htm#i32637
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Decies
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beresford,_1st_Baron_Decies
• History of Parliament online 1790-1820: BERESFORD, Sir William Carr (1768-1854), of Beresford, Staffs